Propogation of the boycott of Israel within the UK:I have been a bit of a watcher recently, and it seems that boycotting Israel as a means of protesting their treatment of Palestinians is becoming more widespread in the UK. Here is a compilation of various articles that I have received on this.

summary: In response to the various boycotts instigated by British organisations, Israel is urging its supporters in North America to boycott Britain, as well as a boycott by the zionist government itself. They argue (as usual) that such a boycott is anti-semetic and akin to the Holocaust.

My opinion: there is that ‘disagreeing with Israel is anti-semetic’ again. They know it is just a strategy, I just hope those responsible for the boycott realise there is no legitimate basis of such a comparision.

Excerpt: “The number of British organizations calling for the boycott of Israel, their public campaigns, and their constant comparisons between Israel and the apartheid regime of South Africa have made the battle for British public opinion particularly significant. “

Excerpt: “A day after the British Union of Colleges and Universities (UCU) voted to consider imposing a boycott on Israeli academics, UNISON, the largest labor union in Britain, threatened to impose a boycott of their own on Israeli products.”

U.K. Union backs calls for the boycott of Israeli academics

May 30, Haaretz

Excerpt: “Britain’s University and College Union (UCU) voted Wednesday in favor of a motion calling for an academic boycott of Israel, in protest of Israel’s policy regarding the Palestinians. “